Ministers of the Naveen Patnaik Government tendered their resignation en masse and the papers were forwarded to Governor Ganeshi Lal for his acceptance on Saturday.
The new set of Ministers is scheduled to take oath at the Raj Bhawan on Sunday. This is the first time all Ministers were asked to put in their papers at one go in the State.
Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro also resigned from his post, which fuelled speculations that he might be taken in as a Minister in Sunday’s reshuffle.
